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Re: Choosing a good generator Any of them can. When a generator is under load the voltage regulation system (either capacitor or AVR) has the flux in the rotor at a high level and the engine's govern…

Re: Choosing a good generator Definitely. Letting it reach proper operating temperature before applying load is always the best. But you have to realize that there's a difference between what some ge…

Re: Choosing a good generator An air-cooled engine comes up to safe operating temperatures way faster than liquid cooled engines do. But it depends on the temperature of the air blowing over the cyli…

Re: Choosing a good generator Another "trick" you could use in the winter when you don't get much solar and have to run generators more is to build a suitable temp-controlled enclosure for …

Re: Choosing a good generator Small cogen setups are mostly a red herring anyway and I hate to see somebody waste money on one. Polar Power, for instance, makes these: http://www.polarpowerinc.com/pr…